In the ongoing Kancha Gachibowli dispute at the University of Hyderabad (UoH), the Central Empowered Committee (CEC), appointed by the Supreme Court, has found that the entire 2,374 acres of land, which the Telangana government intended to acquire for industrialisation, prima facie “appears to possess all the characteristics of a forest.”
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 shook parts of Afghanistan on Wednesday, triggering tremors that were reportedly felt as far as the Delhi-NCR region in India, according to Reuters.
More than 1,000 people have been killed in Myanmar and thousands more injured after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake the day before that was also felt in neighbouring countries.
According to the World Air Quality Report 2024 by Swiss air quality technology company IQAir, Byrnihat in Assam is the most polluted city in the world, registering an average PM2.5 level of 128 µg/m³, while Delhi remains the most polluted capital city globally.
The Supreme Court of India directed the states within the National Capital Region (NCR)—namely Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Rajasthan—to compensate construction workers affected by bans imposed under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to control air pollution on Friday.
Villagers of Parandur and Ekanapuram in Tamil Nadu have crossed 922 days of their protest and are heading towards the 1000th day. The natives and farmers have been protesting to show their disapproval of the Tamil Nadu government’s proposal to build a new greenfield airport for Chennai in Parandur by acquiring their land.
Matthew Wright, University of Oxford; Nicholas Leach, University of Oxford, and Shirin Ermis, University of Oxford
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The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued a yellow alert for Delhi due to dense fog, which has significantly reduced visibility across the city and disrupted flight schedules. Authorities have urged travelers to recheck their flight statuses before heading to the airport and to allow extra time for their commute.
The Arctic Ocean could have its first ice-free day as early as 2027, marking a critical turning point in the planet’s climate, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.
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Environmental groups on Sunday decried the conclusion of a United Nations summit designed to secure an international treaty to combat plastic pollution after powerful oil- and gas-producing nations refused to agree to production limits and other more aggressive measures to curb pollution.
Heavy rains continue to batter Tamil Nadu and Puducherry as Cyclone Fengal hovers over the Bay of Bengal. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has warned that the cyclone will make landfall near Puducherry this afternoon.
As winter approaches, over one million Palestinians in genocide-hit Gaza are facing the harsh reality of insufficient shelter amidst cold and rainy weather, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC).
For the third consecutive year, efforts to combat climate change have failed to reduce the projected increase in global temperature, according to a report released at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
A recent report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has revealed that India experienced extreme weather events on 93% of the days in the first nine months of 2024. This relentless frequency led to over 3,000 fatalities and the destruction of more than 200,000 homes across the country.
The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) recently projected that 2024 will almost certainly become the hottest year on record, surpassing the high temperatures of 2023.